Iran Cigarette

No Cigarette Imports in 2 Months

EghtesadOnline: Cigarette imports fell to zero over the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 21) compared with the import of 503 million cigarettes year-on-year, Ali Asghar…
2018-05-29 12:36
Cigarette Output Rises 8%

EghtesadOnline: About 43.72 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), registering an 8% rise compared with last…
2018-03-14 11:46
Time to Raise Taxes on Cigarette

EghtesadOnline: From a moral standpoint, policymakers should not prioritize the interests of powerful economic entities over public welfare. However, when it came to deciding the cigarette tax…
2018-02-25 07:32
Parliament Okays Rise in Cigarette Tax

EghtesadOnline: Cigarette tax will increase in the next fiscal year (starting March 21) as approved by members of the Iranian Parliament on Saturday.
2018-02-18 08:18
No Cigarette Tax Hike Next Year

EghtesadOnline: Cigarette tax will remain unchanged as approved by Majlis Joint Commission, a parliamentary body responsible for reviewing the budget bill proposed by the government before its…
2018-02-17 13:56
Budget Hike in Cigarette Duties Rejected

EghtesadOnline: Parliamentarians have rejected a proposed increase on cigarette duties incorporated in the next fiscal budget bill (March 2018-19) and referred it back to the Majlis Joint Commission…
2018-02-07 07:08
Iranian Cigarette Prices to Rise 50%

EghtesadOnline: The prices of Iranian cigarettes will increase by 50% as per the parliament’s addendum to the government’s proposed budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2018-19), the head…
2018-02-04 07:14
Cigarette Output Up 12%

EghtesadOnline: Close to 40 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2017), registering a 12% increase compared with…
2018-02-03 11:44
Cigarette Output Up 12.6%

EghtesadOnline: More than 35.02 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran during the nine months to Dec. 21, registering a 12.6% increase compared with the similar period of last year, the head…
2018-01-14 12:48
Iran Cutting Cigarette Imports by 2 Billion

EghtesadOnline: Iran will have reduced its cigarette imports from four billion to two billion before the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018).
2018-01-14 08:05
Iran Cigarette Output Up 10%

EghtesadOnline: Iran produced 30.53 billion cigarettes during the eight months of the current fiscal year (started March 21), indicating a 10% rise year-on-year, the head of Tobacco Planning…
2017-12-13 13:22
Domestic Cigarette Output to Meet 93% of Demand

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s cigarette production is expected to meet 93% of domestic demand by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018), up from the current 83%, the head of Tobacco Planning…
2017-11-25 13:19
Iran Cigarette Production Up 18%

EghtesadOnline: Iran produced 27.2 billion cigarettes in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (started March 21), indicating an 18% rise year-on-year, the head of Tobacco Planning…
2017-11-04 09:40
Cigarette Smuggling Down 47%

EghtesadOnline: About 2.8 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the five months since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 21), registering a 47% decline compared…
2017-09-11 10:51
Iran Cigarette Imports Down 58%

EghtesadOnline: Some 1.1 billion cigarettes were imported into the country during the five months to August 22, registering a 58% decrease compared with the similar period of last year, Ali Asghar…
2017-08-28 10:02
Cigarette Taxes Top $20m

EghtesadOnline: The government earned about 800 billion rials ($21 million) in tax revenues from cigarette sales during the first two months of the current fiscal year (March 21-May 21), the…
2017-08-13 11:02
Cigarette Output Up 37%

EghtesadOnline: About 14.8 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran during the first four months of the current Iranian year that started on March 21, registering a 37% increase compared with…
2017-08-02 10:44
Cigarette Smuggling at $800m p.a.

EghtesadOnline: Cigarette consumption in Iran stands at 55 billion a year, of which 6 billion with an estimated value of 30 trillion rials ($800 million) are smuggled into the country, the head…
2017-07-15 10:52
Iran Cigarette Production Rises, Imports, Smuggling Decline

EghtesadOnline: The first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 2) saw cigarette production rise by 60%, imports fall by 75% and smuggling decline by 48% compared to last year’s correspond…
2017-07-05 09:51
Cigarette Output Up 128%

EghtesadOnline: A total of 4.1 billion cigarettes were domestically produced in Iran during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 21), registering a 128% increase compared…
2017-06-12 08:12
Iran Announces Contraband Cigarette Brands

EghtesadOnline: The Center for Tobacco Planning and Supervision has listed the names of contraband cigarette brands in the Iranian market.
2017-05-22 08:45
Iran Cigarette Output Up 63%

EghtesadOnline: A total of 2.6 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran in the first month of the current fiscal year (started March 21), registering a 63% increase compared with the corresponding…
2017-05-08 11:08
Cigarette Production Up 50% Last Year

EghtesadOnline: About 45 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran over the last fiscal year (March 2016-17), registering a 50% rise compared with the year before, the head of the Center for Tobacco…
2017-04-17 08:14
E-Cigarettes and Vaping Market in Iran

EghtesadOnline: Smoking in Iran is at record levels, social observers and national health groups say. Every day more and more people are taking up the habit, some as young as 13 years old, according…
2017-04-05 10:08
Steep Decline in Cigarette Imports

EghtesadOnline: Some 3.8 billion cigarettes were imported during the 11 months to February 18, indicating a 73% decline compared with the corresponding period of last year, said the head of Tobacco…
2017-02-22 16:44
Iran's Cigarette Production Set to Rise 50%

EghtesadOnline: Cigarette production in Iran is estimated to reach 45 billion in the current Iranian year (ending March 20, 2017), up 50% compared with last year, the head of Tobacco Planning…
2017-02-05 13:27
Iran's Cigarette Output Up 56%

EghtesadOnline: More than 32 billion cigarettes were produced domestically during the nine months to December 20, 56% more compared with last year’s corresponding period, the chairman of the…
2017-01-09 15:05